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'Please unite us'

IN A NEWSREEL OF President Richard Nixon's first inauguration — a time of deep national division over the Vietnam war — a girl of about 12 years stood alone holding high a hand-lettered placard: "Please unite us.
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Like most people I know, I was a little on edge during the months of intense campaigning before the recent United States presidential election.
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Post-combat healing

Combat Action is an intensely personal experience.
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Hope for Haiti

Even Before The Devastating Storm damage to Haiti's shores two months ago, The UN's World Food Program was feeding 500,000 people in Haiti.
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As a Relatively New Resident in the United States, I've been interested to find that many people here don't vote say they abstain because they don't think that voting affects their lives.
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Making connections

We were talking about connections.
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Be quiet and mop!

It Was One Of Those Mornings that begin with a low-level sense of dread.
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A shift in healthcare

WHEN I WAS Midwifery Sister in Guy's Hospital London, I never believed there could be any viable way to heal physical conditions except through conventional medication.
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Beslan—a response

In the face of the events in Beslan, Russia, where children became the strategic target of terrorists—separatists on the fringes of the Muslim world—life in many parts of the world came to a halt.
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The inward voice of forgiveness

Their stories are out there, ready to leave most of us in speechless awe when we come across them.

A bridge to Chad

I have spent a lot of time in Chad recently.
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A WORD PEOPLE OFTEN USE in connection with terrorist attacks is inevitable—a word that implies fear that another attack will surely come.